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Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good seems lost and gone forever. This is a story about the pathway back to what’s beautiful, when the way back seems impossible.


Sharon E. Rainey

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almost beautiful...
SHARON OLDS We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
SHARON SALZBERG Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we do...
SHARON SALZBERG If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intent...
SHARON SALZBERG Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.
SHARON SALZBERG By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more lik...
SHARON SALZBERG Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere ...
SHARON SALZBERG Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
SHARON SALZBERG When you're a regular gal, you look in the rearview mirror, and in the bright daylight you see t...
SHARON STONE The birth of a child is a very special time in the life of a parent. We wanted to give parents an oc...
SHARON WILSON birth pangs of a process.
ARIEL SHARON All the prime ministers have built the settlement blocs, but I built more than all of them, ... Sett...
ARIEL SHARON I try not to cut the sheep, or ruin the fleece.
SHARON ALLEN A day will come when other Israelis will be launched into space in the service of science and progre...
ARIEL SHARON We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails pain...
ARIEL SHARON If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the ni...
SHARON OSBOURNE I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled ...
SHARON CREECH I wear Aveda Energizing oil. I am big into aromatherapy.
SHARON STONE My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and p...
SHARON LAWRENCE We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed ...
SHARON SALZBERG When you're wide open, the world is a good place.
SHARON SALZBERG I'm sitting at home every time there's a Grammy. It's like, 'What is Sharon doing to...
SHARON JONES They won't now be accused of bowing down to political pressure if they do decide to lower rates.
SHARON COOMBS I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, ...
SHARON OLDS On April 19 1943, the Bermuda conference gathered, with the participation of representatives from Br...
ARIEL SHARON I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I&...
SHARON JONES You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and...
SHARON LAWRENCE It was just a courtesy call, not part of an official state visit.
SHARON GANG I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in...
SHARON STONE I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are ...
SHARON GLESS working document... not a take it or leave it document.
ARIEL SHARON When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.
SHARON CREECH I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is somet...
SHARON CREECH